Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 79
जन्मर्क्षं मैथुनं मंत्रो गृहच्छिद्रं च वंचनम् । आयुर्धनापमानं स्त्री न प्रकाश्यानि सर्वथा
janmarkṣaṃ maithunaṃ maṃtro gṛhacchidraṃ ca vaṃcanam | āyurdhanāpamānaṃ strī na prakāśyāni sarvathā
Nunca se deve divulgar: a estrela do nascimento, a união sexual, o próprio mantra, as brechas da casa, os estratagemas, a duração da vida, a riqueza, as humilhações e a própria esposa; nada disso deve ser exposto.
Skanda
Tirtha: Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Listener: Muni / attentive interlocutor
Scene: A teacher-sage in Kāśī gestures in caution while a householder listens; symbolic motifs appear around them: a nakṣatra wheel (birth-star), a sealed mantra scroll, a guarded doorway (household vulnerabilities), a closed money pouch, and a veiled household figure—signifying confidentiality.
FAQs
Dharma includes discretion: protecting sacred, personal, and household matters prevents harm and preserves spiritual power.
Kāśī is the overarching sacred context, but the verse itself is ethical instruction rather than tīrtha-praise.
Mantra is singled out as something that must not be publicly disclosed, reflecting initiatory and ritual confidentiality.